4 Cytokinin Metabolism and Signal Transduction
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 24: Plant Hormone Signaling
Alexander Heyl,
Tomáš Werner,
Thomas Schmülling,
Alexander Heyl
Vertebrate Genomics, MPI for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 64, Berlin, 14195 Germany
Search for more papers by this authorTomáš Werner
Freie Universität, Berlin Institut für Biologie/Angewandte Genetik, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 6, Berlin, D-14195 Germany
Search for more papers by this authorThomas Schmülling
Freie Universität, Berlin Institut für Biologie/Angewandte Genetik, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 6, Berlin, D-14195 Germany
Search for more papers by this authorAlexander Heyl,
Tomáš Werner,
Thomas Schmülling,
Alexander Heyl
Vertebrate Genomics, MPI for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 64, Berlin, 14195 Germany
Search for more papers by this authorTomáš Werner
Freie Universität, Berlin Institut für Biologie/Angewandte Genetik, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 6, Berlin, D-14195 Germany
Search for more papers by this authorThomas Schmülling
Freie Universität, Berlin Institut für Biologie/Angewandte Genetik, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 6, Berlin, D-14195 Germany
Search for more papers by this authorThis article was originally published in 2006 in Plant Hormone Signaling, Volume 24 (ISBN 9781405138871) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Peter Hedden and Stephen G Thomas. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Cytokinin Metabolism
- Cytokinin Signal Transduction
- Conclusions
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